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Travelscope Season 5 Episodes

13 Episodes 2011 - 2011

Episode 1

St. Vincent & the Grenadines: Close to Home, but a World Away

Sat, Jun 4, 2011

Caribbean isles offer a wide range of water activities , searching for the St. Vincent parrot, swimming with endangered sea turtles and Union Island Maroon Festival.

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Episode 2

Istanbul: At the Crossroads of History

Sat, Jun 11, 2011

Istanbul - At the crossroads of history. The history of Istanbul, Turkey and its neighbourhoods.

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Episode 3

Switzerland: Celebrating St. Moritz

Sat, Jun 18, 2011

St.Moritz in the Engadine region of Switzerland, trekking and riding a bike and then tasting local cheeses and other cuisine.

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Episode 4

Switzerland: Scaling the Jungfrau Region

Sat, Jun 25, 2011

Grindelwald Valley's Jungfrau region in Switzerland; Swiss mountain culture; cheese making demonstration; Gleckstein, a mountain hut for climbers.

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Episode 5

Guatemala's Semana Santa: Easter Week

Sat, Jul 2, 2011

Guatemala City, Antigua and Lago de Atitlan in Guatemala ; communal creation of alfombras during religious processions.

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Episode 6

Ireland - The Dingle Peninsula and Beyond

Sat, Jul 9, 2011

Joseph begins his trip to Ireland with a visit to Shannon before going southwest to the Dingle Peninsula where he takes part in the Puck Festival in Killoglin.

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Episode 7

Taiwan: The Culture of Tea

Sat, Jul 16, 2011

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Episode 8

Taiwan: Forgotten People

Sat, Jul 23, 2011

Ocean hot baths in green Island, Orchid Island's Tao people and a fish market.

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Episode 9

Greece: Cruising the Isles

Sat, Jul 30, 2011

Exploring Santorini, Crete, Kea and Mykonos. Discovering the local cuisine and the great hospitality.

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Episode 10

San Antonio, Texas: More Than the Alamo

Sat, Aug 6, 2011

More than the Alamo, celebrating Cinco de Mayo in San Antonio. Checking out the riverbank attractions and restaurants. A quick tour of the historic homes of the King William district, The bike trail to the new San Antonio missions National Park. One of the 5 missions is Mission Concepcion, the oldest unrestored stone church in the USA. The missions were built during the 18 th century. A visit to the Museum of Art and Joseph discusses with Marion Oettinger how the Spanish Catholics used artwork to tell the story of the crucifixion and the religion. Joseph visits a Toilet Seat Art Museum which displays over a thousand seats.

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Episode 11

Port Aransas, Texas: Fun on the Texas' Coast

Sat, Aug 13, 2011

Joseph heads to the coast and keeps busy by swimming, fishing, kayaking, shucking crawfish and dancing before joining a research ship as it cruises the bay.

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Episode 12

Rwanda: Among the Gorillas

Sat, Aug 20, 2011

Trekking the mountain forest of the Parc National des Volcans in search of Rwanda's endangered mountain gorillas and golden monkeys.

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Episode 13

Rwanda: In Search of Chimpanzees

Sat, Aug 27, 2011

Joseph explores the local animal and plant life at a national park and meets with a reclusive people before visiting a genocide memorial in Kigali, Rwanda. We also see how tea is picked and produced.

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